Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .- Cardinal
William Keeler of Baltimore is up and about, though using a walker and
wearing a protective boot on his right foot. The 75-year-old cardinal
broke his ankle Oct.7 in a car crash in Italy that took the life of his
longtime friend Fr. Bernard Quinn, 78.

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .- Bishop
Anthony Fisher, auxiliary bishop of the of Sydney, told a Senate
committee on Friday that Catholic hospitals would not treat patients
with cures derived from embryonic stem-cell research, a process that
destroys human life. Neither will they take part in the controversial
research that necessitates the destruction of the embryo.

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .-
Cardinal Edward Egan has issued a letter to all pastors of the
Archdiocese of New York, confronting, head-on, rumors of priests who
have been accused of sexual abuse and who “claim that they have been
the victim of unjust treatment, deception and lack of understanding” on
the part of the cardinal.

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .- Georgetown
University Law Center has named a human rights chair for a
controversial priest who has been actively supportive of abortion
during and after his time as a U.S. Congressman.

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .- During
a visit to the headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need, Auxiliary
Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz of Sambir-Drohobycz in Ukraine thanked the
benefactors of the organization for bringing about “an explosion” in
Catholic education.

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .- The
Bishops of Costa Rica called on those involved in protests yesterday
and today against the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between the
United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic to carry out
their protests peacefully.

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .-
A renowned Peruvian doctor who has published a book on the ethical and
moral problems of assisted reproduction said this week, “Although many
parents think the have a right to have a child no matter how, morally
speaking this right is non-existent.”

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .-
The secretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, Bishop Fabian
Marulanda, called on Colombians this week to show understanding in
response to a surprising message from President Alvaro Uribe Velez that
he will call off attempts to reach an humanitarian agreement with the
Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) to seek out the release
of the kidnapped through military operations.

Oct 24, 2006 - 12:00 am .- Secretary
of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said today that the history of the
Holy See’s journal, L’Osservatore Romano, “has shown that, in order to
spread the evangelical message, the Church…needs the work,
inventiveness, and charisma of the laity.”